Jerry Wayne Hayes, 65, was found deceased in his Dunlap home July 17. The son of Glenda (Lee) and Ernest Lee Hayes, he was born September 25, 1958, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Emporia.

Vada V Brabb Ramsour passed away on July 17, 2024 at the age of 99 years and 6 weeks of age. She was a resident of Morris County Assisted Living in Council Grove, Ks.

Karen Esther Rice Zuege, age 78, passed away July 13, 2024, from an inoperable brain tumor, at Midland Care Hospice House in Topeka, KS.

Karen Zuege, of Council Grove, passed away July 13, 2024, at Midland Hospice Care in Topeka.

Roberta Faye (Colle) Buchanan, of Little River, Kansas, passed away on July 9, 2024, at Rice County District Hospital in Lyons, Kansas.

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Andrew “Andy” R. Carrier, 65, passed away on Monday, July 1st, 2024 surrounded by loved ones at Olathe Medical Center.

Velora Goss died on June 24, 2024 at Holiday Resort Care Home, Emporia, KS. She was 95. She was born March 1, 1929, in White City, KS; daughter of William and Clara (Freeman) Pearson, the fifth of six children.

Violet M. Selby, St. Joseph Missouri, and formerly of Emporia Kansas, passed away at Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph, Missouri, at the age of 85, surrounded by her family.

Albert Ray Heaton, born August 19, 1926, in Veedersburg, Indiana, took his final flight to the heavens on May 16, 2024 in Olathe, Kansas at the age of 97. He passed away peacefully of natural causes.